28-1418 Tobacco; use by minors; penalty. - Nebraska Statutes

28-1418. Tobacco; use by minors; penalty.Whoever, being a minor under the age of eighteen years, shall smoke cigarettes or cigars, or use tobacco in any form whatever, in this state, shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor. Any minor so charged with the violation of this section may be free from prosecution when he shall have furnished evidence for the conviction of the person or persons selling or giving him the cigarettes, cigars or tobacco. SourceLaws 1911, c. 181, §§ 1, 2, 3, p. 561; R.S.1913, § 8846; C.S.1922, § 9847; C.S.1929, § 28-1021; R.S.1943, § 28-1020; Laws 1977, LB 40, § 103; R.R.S.1943, § 28-1020, (1975).